Artist: FRANK ZAPPA
Album: SHEIK YERBOUTI REMASTERED (CD)

Year: 1979/ 1992
Media type: CD

Sheik Yerbouti is a live double album with studio elements by Frank Zappa made up of material recorded in 1977 and 1978. It was first released on March 3, 1979 as the first release on Zappa Records.

Sheik Yerbouti represented a major turning point in Zappa's career. The first album to be released on his own eponymous label after his departure from Warner Bros. Records, it emphasized the comedic aspect of his lyrics more than ever before, beginning a period of increased record sales and mainstream media attention. Sheik Yerbouti remains Zappa's biggest selling album worldwide with over 2 million units sold to date.

All songs composed, written and arranged by Frank Zappa except where noted.

TRACKLIST:
No.     Title     Recording dates and venues     Length     

1.     "I Have Been in You"       January 25, 1978 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK     3:33
2.     "Flakes"       January 25, 1978 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK     6:41
3.     "Broken Hearts Are for Assholes"       January 27, 1978 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK     3:42
4.     "I'm So Cute"       January 24–28 or February 27–28, 1978 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK. Ending cropped on CD reissues, reducing the run time to 3:09; restored on 2012 reissue.     4:27
    
5.     "Jones Crusher"       October 31, 1977 - The Palladium, NYC     2:49
6.     "What Ever Happened to All the Fun in the World"             0:33
7.     "Rat Tomago"       Guitar solo from "The Torture Never Stops" played live on February 15, 1978 - Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany     5:17
8.     "We've Got to Get into Something Real" (Listed under the title "Wait a Minute" on the CD version)           0:31
9.     "Bobby Brown" (Listed under the title "Bobby Brown Goes Down" on the CD version)     January 24–28 or February 27–28, 1978 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK     2:49
10.     "Rubber Shirt" (Bozzio/O'Hearn/Zappa)     Bass part: September 25, 1974 - Goteborg, Sweden     2:45
11.     "The Sheik Yerbouti Tango"       Guitar solo from "The Little House I Used to Live In" played live on February 15, 1978 - Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany     3:56
    
12.     "Baby Snakes"       February 28, 1978 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK     1:50
13.     "Tryin' to Grow a Chin"       January 24–28 or February 27–28, 1978 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK     3:31
14.     "City of Tiny Lites"       January 24–28 or February 27–28, 1978 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK     5:32
15.     "Dancin' Fool"       February 28, 1978 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK     3:43
16.     "Jewish Princess"       October 30, 1977 - The Palladium, NYC     3:16

17.     "Wild Love"       February 28, 1978 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK     4:09
18.     "Yo' Mama"       Vocal sections February 28, 1978 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK; Guitar solo: February 25, 1978 - Hemmerleinhalle, Neunkirchen am Brand, Germany; Part of the backing track for the solo: January 27, 1978 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK     

LINE-UP:

    Frank Zappa – lead guitar, vocals, arranger, composer, producer, remixing
    Adrian Belew – rhythm guitar, vocals, Bob Dylan impersonation
    Patrick O'Hearn – bass, vocals
    Terry Bozzio – drums, vocals
    Ed Mann – percussion, vocals
    Tommy Mars – keyboards, vocals
    Peter Wolf – keyboards, butter, flora margarine
    David Ocker – clarinet on "Wild Love"
    Davey Moire – backing vocals, engineer
    Andre Lewis – backing vocals
    Napoleon Murphy Brock – backing vocals
    Randy Thornton – backing vocals